Past exhibitions

PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents an exhibition from the 21 shortlisted artists for the 5th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Running from 9 February – 7 April 2019, the exhibition reveals a breadth of contemporary art practices from a judicious selection of artists and artist collectives spanning five continents.

PinchukArtCentre presents a group show “How to Be Cool” organized by its Curatorial Platform, a training programme for young curators. The team of curators includes Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Leo Trotsenko, Alexandra Tryanova, Valeria Schiller and Daria Shevtsova.

The Research Platform of the PinchukArtCentre presents a group exhibition “A Space of One’s Own”, which offers one possible perspective on the history of Ukrainian art and the place of women in it by emphasizing the preeminent art phenomena and taking into account the complex specificity of the Ukrainian sociopolitical context. With the aim to generate a living archive of Ukrainian contemporary art from the early 1980s to present, the PinchukArtCentre’s Research Platform visualizes the results of its work through a regular exhibition practice.

Exhibition focuses on the point of view and perspective distortions it engenders. In this case, the point of view is defined by the artist’s studio on the street formerly known as Perspektyvna (Perspective) Street (Kyiv), and it is brought to the institution and into the public space.

Exhibition is focused on the Soviet art of 1980s Lviv and the visual practices of the 1990s that have been neglected within the institutional domain for a long time and covered by academic works only partly.

A group show of 20 artists nominated for the 5th edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists up to 35. The shortlist has been formed by the Selection Committee based on the results of the selection from more than 650 applications submitted by young Ukrainian artist from all regions of Ukraine and foreign countries. Each work is especially produced for the exhibition and forms an independent artistic statement.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the 1st solo exhibition in Eastern Europe by Dineo Seshee Bopape (South Africa), the Main Prize Winner of the 4th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. The show includes a major soil installation specially produced for the PinchukArtCentre.

The exhibition explores the period of anomie that Ukrainian society was plunged into after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991), and that it languishes in to this day. The term “anomie,” coined by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim, describes a crisis-ridden transition period societies land in after political turmoil and changes in values when “the old gods are aging or are already dead, and others are not yet born.”

PAC-UA presents the 6th project - a solo exhibition by Anna Zvyagintseva. “Misplaced Touches” is based on the idea of a trail, a trace, unconsciously following somebody else’s path, and paths that emerge from our imperceptible touches. In her works, the artist often makes manifest imperceptible, impalpable facets of our lives, showcasing their fragility and documenting elusive intangible moments.

The exhibition “Motherland on Fire” offers one of views on the history of the Ukrainian society in the 1990s, narrated through a prism of selected works from the PinchukArtCentre collection. The title of the exhibition alludes to the film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko “Ukraine in Flames” which tells about the bloodshed that took place on the Ukrainian territory during World War II. However, the works presented in the exhibition do not relate in any way to military operations or the real frontline.

PAC-UA Re-consideration presents the 5th project - a group exhibition including young artists Yulia Golub, Zina Isupova, Alina Kleytman, Aleksandr Kutovoy, Anna Rotayenko, Dmitry Starusyev. “Versus” is a result of a long-term cooperation of the invited curator Sergey Bratkov with the new generation of artists, students of The Rodchenko Art School (Moscow).

PinchukArtCentre and Victor Pinchuk Foundation will present an exhibition at the Biennale Arte 2017 of the work of 21 young artists from 16 different countries, shortlisted for the 4th edition of The Future Generation Art Prize, the global art prize for artists up to 35.

The exhibition is an official Collateral Event of the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. It will be on view in the spectacular setting of the Palazzo Contarini Polignac from 12 May to 13 August 2017.

On February 25, 2017 the PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) will present exhibition of the 21 shortlisted artists for the fourth edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, the first global art prize for artists up to 35, founded by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the 11th PAC-UA project, an exhibition by the Ukrainian artist Sasha Kurmaz “The marble angels with bows were shaking in shadows their small penises, bending their bows and carelessly laughed at death”. The show was created especially for the PinchukArtCentre in the context of the Research Platform.

In the frameworks of “PAC-UA Reconsideration”, the continuation of exhibitions’ series in PinchukArtCentre, the main idea of which is to research the relations and influences between Ukrainian art scene of today and artistic practices of the past. It shows new works created by new generation of artists inspired by older artistic positions.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the exhibition of 16 shortlisted artists for the fourth edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2015, a nationwide prize for Ukrainian artists up to 35 that coincides with Carlos Motta: Patriots, Citizens, Lovers..., a solo exhibition by one of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 Main Award winners Columbian artist Carlos Motta.

The PinchukArtCentre presents “Borderline. Ukrainian Art 1985–2004” - a large scale group show of Ukrainian artists exploring development of the Ukrainian contemporary art from early 1980s till 2004 when the Orange Revolution had happened in the country.

The Ukrainian national pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, presents a group exhibition entitled “Hope!” featuring a young generation of Ukrainian artists, includingYevgenia Belorusets,Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Mykola Ridnyi & SerhiyZhadan, Artem Volokitin, Anna Zvyagintseva and Open Group.The project is organized by the PinchukArtCentre with the support of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

The PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine, presents exhibition of the 21 shortlisted artists for the third edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, the first global art prize for artists up to 35, founded by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. The exhibition focuses on a newly produced works of nominees giving a remarkable view on the most actual artistic positions of a next generation of artists.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the group exhibition of the Patron Artists of the Future Generation Art Prize: Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami. The show is embedded into the context of the third edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, the first global art prize for artists up to 35 founded by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, presenting in Kyiv newly made works of 21 shortlisted artists for the Prize in 2014.

The PinchukArtCentre presents “Fear and Hope” - a group exhibition of three Ukrainian artists: Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova and Artem Volokitin, the Main Prize Winners of the PinchukArtCentre Prize since 2009.

PinchukArtCentre continues the presentation of its collection showing Collection Platform 4: Emotion and Technology. The group exhibition includes 17 artists offering a selective view on two central and sometimes opposed notions in our lives: emotion and technology as they constantly define our perceptions of the world.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the first solo show in Eastern Europe by the Belgian artist Jan Fabre. With this two-chapter exhibition Fabre continues elaborating his critical reflections on the Belgium’s colonial past, a theme that appeared in his oeuvre in 2002 when he used millions of beetle wings to created a monumental ceiling painting “Heaven of Delight” forthe Royal Palace of Belgium in Brussels.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the second “PAC-UA Re-consideration” project - an exhibition by Open Group, an artistic group formed by five young Ukrainian artists Yuriy Biley, Anton Varga, Pavlo Kovach, Yevgen Samborsky, and Stanislav Turina. “Biography” is a result of collaboration of the Open Group with Lviv-based artist Yuriy Sokolov invited to join a group to explore collaboratively the notion of biography today. The show researches the idea of self-representation, it looks into how this notion is being transformed today, when the image of a person is created by the digital media around him/her.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation, the PinchukArtCentre and ANTIAIDS Foundation are collaborating on a special exhibition project, “Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way” that focuses on the theme of HIV/AIDS in contemporary art.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the group exhibition of the 20 artists shortlisted of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2013, the third edition of the first private nationwide contemporary art prize in Ukraine for young Ukrainian artists up to 35. For the show all artists, with the support of the PinchukArtCentre, produced new works showing their most advanced artistic position.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the first solo exhibition in Eastern Europe by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (UK), the Main Prize Winner of the Future Generation Art Prize 2012. The show entitled Verses includes eight new paintings specially produced for the PinchukArtCentre.

At the initiative of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov and supported by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, from 24 September to 6 October 2013 the PinchukArtCentre presents an exhibition by a talented 17-year-old artist Daria Bezkosta, handicapped by cerebral palsy, who paints using her toes.

PinchukArtCentre presents “China China”, a major group exhibition including eleven Chinese artists of different generations, focusing on the tension between individuality and collective thinking. A subject, which not only defined Chinese history and continuously shapes contemporary society but equally gains importance in the West.

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and PinchukArtCentre are proud to present The Future Generation Art [email protected] 2013, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition includes the 21 artists, from 16 different countries, who were shortlisted in the second edition of the first global art prize for artists up to 35.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the 9th PAC-UA project – an exhibition by Ukrainian artist Sergiy Bratkoventitled “The Good Buys the Evil”. The show includes 3 new works by Bratkov especially created for the PinchukArtCentre. The artist will present photography-based pieces with neon elements which reflect recent survey of the city as well as a recent video work

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the first solo exhibition of Jake & Dinos Chapman in Ukraine titled “Chicken”. At the centre of the exhibition stands the major new installation entitled, The Sum of all Evil (2013) that forms a synthesized reflection upon the central themes such as the Holocaust, violence, and death. Alongside this, the exhibition will include a number of iconic works by the Chapman brothers whose sharp subversive humour and unbridled aggression provokes controversy and questions moral contemporary taboos.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the first major solo exhibition by Tony Oursler in Eastern Europe entitled “agentic iced etcetera”. The exhibition combines specially produced new works, including a Ukrainian speaking installation, with some of the most iconic pieces of the artist. Themes within the exhibition include chance in everyday life, endorphin fuelled relationships, and the tendency for magical thinking to name a few. The human face and the way it simultaneously communicates and masks emotions is also a key theme in Oursler’s work.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the 8th PAC-UA project – an exhibition by Ukrainian artist Alexey Salmanov. “Forest Means Cheaper” is a new work by Salmanov especially created for the PinchukArtCentre. It is based on his recent performance in Manhattan, New York City when the artist went to the very heart of America on a mission, based on the history and mythology of the island.

The exhibition focuses on the presentation of newly produced works giving a chance for nominated artists to show off their most advanced position. It offers a remarkable view on the new tendencies and artistic practices of the next generation of artists.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the solo exhibition of Damien Hirst, the Mentor Artist of the Future Generation Art Prize. For Two Weeks One Summer show embedded into the context of the second edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, Hirst presents a series of eleven dynamic new paintings he has been working on since summer of 2010. The exhibition will be open from November 3, 2012 till January 6, 2013 in the PinchukArtCentre

The show represents a dynamic combination of leading artists of today including Maurizio Cattelan, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Boris Mikhailov, Takashi Murakami, together with the representatives of new generation: the winner of the first edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize Artem Volokytin and the winner of the Future Generation Art Prize Cinthia Marcelle

The PinchukArtCentre presents “Untitled” project by Michał Budny - the last one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer isan exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition by Anish Kapoor in Eastern Europe. The show includes a selection of the artist’s most iconic works together with a new monumental steel work created specially for the PinchukArtCentre.

The show represents a dynamic combination of leading artists of today including Maurizio Cattelan, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Boris Mikhailov, Takashi Murakami, together with the representatives of new generation: the winner of the first edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize Artem Volokytin and the winner of the Future Generation Art Prize Cinthia Marcelle

The PinchukArtCentre presents “The Bank” by Nicolas Grospierre- the fourth one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer isan exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine. This is a common project of the PinchukArtCentre and the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland)

The PinchukArtCentre presents “The End of Radio” byKonrad Smoleński - the third one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer isan exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine. This is a common project of the PinchukArtCentre and the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland)

The PinchukArtCentre presents “How the Work is Done” byAgnieszka Polska - the second one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer isan exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine. This is a common project of the PinchukArtCentre and the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland)

The PinchukArtCentre presents “A Man with Two Seesaws” byMonika Zawadzki - the first one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer isan exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine. It is realized in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland)

“Crowd” is a new series of works by Kadyrova especially created for the PinchukArtCentre. It is composed of glass panels containing collages made of newspapers clips. She uses newspapers from all over the world – Ukraine, Poland, Austria, China, India etc. – issued in the period from January to June 2012. It is the beginning of an ongoing project, continuing till December 2012

Makov’s solo exhibition brings together his strategy of collecting and repeating, his interest in the memory, and fascination with gardens. It becomes a show about identity and belief which is captured in little figures, forms, and structures of the unique prints representing a cross, garden, tower, and fingerprints

The PinchukArtCentre presents the fifth PAC-UA project - an exhibition by Ukrainian artist Mykola Matsenko. The show entitled Neofolk is the 5th PAC-UA project, which presents new production of leading Ukrainian artists embedded in context of the Collection Platform. The exhibition is open on the 5th floor from February 4 to March, 2012

The PinchukArtCentre presents the first solo exhibition by the Canadian artist Jeff Wall in Eastern Europe. The show entitled In light, black, colour, white, and dark includes 16 photographs and 7 light boxes. The exhibition is a special artist selection composing in each room delicate relations between nature, still lives and the young people on the borderline between young and mature

PinchukArtCentre presents Collection Platform 2: Circulation, a completely renewed exhibition of selected works from the collection representing leading international and Ukrainian contemporary artists. The show located on the 5thfloor of the art centre.

The project presents a specially created 12-metre-wide new painting by Ilya Chichkan that was made in collaboration with the street artist Psyfox and an interactive paintball installation. The project is created specifically for the PinchukArtCentre and is dedicated to its logo.

The PinchukArtCentre presents a group show of the 20 artists shortlisted for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011, first private nationwide contemporary art prize in Ukraine for young Ukrainian artists up to 35. The exhibition features 20 new artists’ statements which were specially produced with the support of the PinchukArtCentre.

The PinchukArtCentre presents the first solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Cinthia Marcelle, the Main Prize Winner of the Future Generation Art Prize 2010, outside of Brasil. The show entitled See to be seen includes a new large-scale installation and a new specially produced film. The exhibition is located on the 2nd floor of the art centre.

As part of the РАС-UA PinchukArtCentre presents the third project - a solo exhibition by Oleksandr Roytburd. The show entitled If there is no water running from your tap will be open to public on the 5th floor at the PAC-UA space.

PinchukArtCentre and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation have the honor to present the first solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in Eastern Europe. The exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre is a milestone in the evolution of the artist’s oeuvre. With a total of 16 works presented on three floors – all of which, with a few exceptions, such as Beauty (1993) and Room for one colour (1997) – are from 2010/2011 and include numerous works especially created for the PinchukArtCentre.

As part of the РАС-UA 2 PinchukArtCentre presents a solo exhibition by Arsen Savadov. The new installation by Savadov specially produced for the PAC-UA 2 refers with its title to the “Blow Up” film (1966) by Michelangelo Antonioni.

For the first time PinchukArtCentre presents Collection Platform 1: Circulation, a permanent exhibition of selected works from the collection representing leading International and Ukrainian contemporary artists. The show located on the 5th floor of the art centre will be on display from February 12 till October 2, 2011 in the PinchukArtCentre (Kiev, Ukraine).

PinchukArtCentre has the honour to present a solo exhibition of Candice Breitz. The first show of the South African artist in the Eastern Europe entitled Candice Breitz: You+I will be open from February 12 till April 17, 2011 in the PinchukArtCentre (Kiev, Ukraine) from Tuesday through Sunday

With its PAC-UA project, PinchukArtCentre presents a new special dynamic and flexible program line for Ukrainian artists imbedded in the collection platform. PAC-UA offers a window for new produced works of Ukrainian artists supporting the strong and long-term collaboration between the PinchukArtCentre and Ukrainian artists. PAC-UA will be presented in a special dedicated space on the 5th floor for a period of one month

The PinchukArtCentre has the honour to present an exhibition of the 21 artists shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010. The group show features works submitted for the competition as well as brand new works specially made for the show.

The PinchukArtCentre has the honour to present the solo exhibition of Takashi Murakami, one of the Mentor artists of the Future Generation Art Prize. The show will be on display from October 30, 2010 till January 9, 2011.

During the Faith Matters exhibition, Subodh Gupta will present a series of his new sculptures and paintings. Project is dedicated to the shifts taking place in the national cultures in the context of the modern world’s life.

The PinchukArtCentre is presenting Ukraine, the first major solo exhibition of Sergey Bratkov in Ukraine. For this show, Bratkov has created series of new photographs and temporary sculptures. This will be presented along with never seen works made in the past ten years, highlighting the different stages of his oeuvre.

An exhibition of 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize. The exhibition was on display from 31 October to 20 December 2009. The 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists up to 35 years old, had been shortlisted by an Expert Committee from 1100 applicants.

The PinchukArtCentre and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine are pleased to present artists Illya Chichkan (Ukraine) and Mihara Yasuhiro (Japan) in the exhibition Steppes of Dreamers - a major contribution to the 53rd Venice Biennale entitled, Making Worlds. The project emphasises the process of creation and expands the boundaries of art and collaboration. The Commissioner is Peter Doroshenko, PinchukArtCentre’s artistic director.

The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) is pleased to announce Requiem, a major retrospective of over 100 works dating from 1990 to 2008, by Damien Hirst. Requiem opens on 25th April and continues through 20th September 2009. Since the start of his career, Hirst has pushed the boundaries of art and what it means to be an artist. Requiem bears witness to a bold new direction in his work by showing for the first time a series of skull paintings he created between 2006 and 2008. In works such as Floating Skull, 2006, The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, 2008 and Men Shall Know Nothing, 2008, Hirst returns to the solitary practice of painting and confronts, in very personal terms, the darkness that lies at the heart of human nature and experience.

First ever solo exhibition to be held in Eastern Europe by a British artist Sam Taylor-Wood showcases her new video and photographic works, critically acclaimed ones as well as exciting world premier video art work “3 Minute Round” with the Klitschko brother participating.

21 RUSSIA, an exhibition of the contemporary Russian art of the post-millennium era, presents the works of art by twenty one artists created within the last eight years. Among the artists, whose works are showcased within the exhibition are Group AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Piotr Bely, Dmitry Gutov, Vladimir Dubosarsky and Alexander Vinogradov, Konstantin Zvezdochetov and many others.

The works entitled “Dark Forest” by a young Japanese photographer Keita Sugiura are presented in the Project Room. Keita Sugiura is the 2008 Bronze award winner at the annual Tokio art-fair GEISAI#11 led by the renowned Takashi Murakami.

This exhibition inaugurated the third year of PinchukArtCentre’s programming activities is unprecedented in its scale, selection artists see. The exhabitions were located on three floors of PinchukArtCentre

The many-sided "Patriotism. Art as a Present" — is a mobile project that since 2006 has been showcased in Poland, Russia, Netherlands and other countries. It employs a logotype alphabet to form a universal language

The exhibition presents 41 works by Sir Paul McCartney created from 1988 to 1999. Paul McCartneys sole contribution regards the structure of the work and the way he combs the canvas with paint, using simple, playful, yet active brushstrokes

The PinchukArtCentre presented a solo exhibition of Mariko Mori, one of the most seminal artists coming out of Japan in last fifty years. It was the first exhibition of her works in the Central and Eastern Europe ever. Also, some Mariko Moris videos were displayed in the PinchukArtCentres video-lounge (5th floor)

REFLECTION exhibition showcased the newest acquisitions from PinchukArtCentres collection — paintings, sculpture artwork, installations, photos and video installations created by the best artists of XXI century from Great Britain, Germany, Mexico, Poland, USA, Ukraine and Japan